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Modifier Stack Controls 807
To display the modifier buttons, click
Configure Modifier Sets (below the stack display)
and choose Show Buttons.
To customize the button set, click Configure
Modifier Sets (below the st ack display) and cho ose
Configure Modifier Sets (page 3–815) .
When a modifier’s button is visible, clicking the
button adds the modifier to the stack. Object
modifiers are applied immediately above the
currently selected object or mod ifier. World space
modifiers a re applied at the top of the stack.
Stack Display
The modifier stack is organized as follows:
• A t the bottom of the stack, the first entry always
lists the object t ype. Click this entry to display
the object’s creation parameters s o you can
adjust them.
When you click to choose an entry in the
modifier stack, its background highlights to
show that the entry is current, and that the
object’s or modifier’s parameters are available
for adjusting, in rollouts that appear beneath
the stack display.
• Above the object itself are entries for object
modifiers. Click a modifier entry to display the
modifier’s parameters so you can adjust them.
This section lets you go back to any modifier
you’ve applied and rework its effect on the
object. You can also delete the modifier f rom
the stack, canceling its effect.
Reminder:3ds Max applies transforms
after it
applies object modifiers but
before it applies
space warps or world-space modifiers.
• The top of t he stack shows which sp ace warps
and world-space modifiers the object uses. For
example, if the object were bound to a Ripple
space warp, an entry in the top sec t ion would
read Ripple Binding.
To the lef t of each modifier in the stack is a
light-bulb icon. When the bulb appears white, the
modifier is applied to the stack below it. When the
bulb appears gray, the modifier is tur ned off. Click
to toggle the on/off state of the modifier .
Note: You can also turn off the effect of modifiers
in viewports but not in r enderings, or vice v ersa.
Thelight-bulbiconchangestoshowthesestatesas
well. See
Modifier Stack Right-Click M enu (page
3–809)
.
If the modifier has sub-controls such as
acenteroragizmo,thestackalsoshowsasmall
plus/minus icon. Click this icon to open or close
the hierarchy.
Opening a modifier’s hierarchy to access sub-controls